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Leslie Dudley has been appointed a partner at Western Compensation & Benefits Consultants. She was previously a principal with the firm.
Ward Chapin has been appointed chief information officer and Mark Blucher senior vice-president of insurance at ICBC. Chapin was previously chief information officer for VANOC. Blucher was previously chair of AA Insurance.
Mark Milke has been appointed director of Alberta policy studies at the Fraser Institute. He was previously research director for the Frontier Centre for Public Policy and B.C. and Alberta director with the Canadian Taxpayers’ Federation. Milke is an author and monthly columnist for Business in Vancouver.
Miles Prodan has joined the board of the BC Wine Institute as executive director. He was previously with the Thompson Okanagan Tourism Association, first as executive director and, most recently, international market development specialist.
Allan Yap, Johann Tergesen, Rosanna Chau, Paul Westdal, Richard Whittall, Lawrence Wang, David Lorne, John Tyrrell and Alan Chan have been re-elected as directors to the board of Burcon NutraScience Corp. Stuart MacGregor has resigned from the board.
Paul Brennan has been appointed senior vice-president, business development, with Tekmira Pharmaceuticals Corp. He was previously a principal at Pacific BioPartners, CEO of Altair Therapeutics, senior vice-president, business development, at Aspreva Pharmaceuticals and acting president at AnorMED.
Patrick McGeer has joined the scientific and clinical advisory board of Neurokine Pharmaceuticals Inc. He was previously an MLA and B.C. cabinet minister and founder of the Open Learning Institute of B.C.
Scott Harcus and Greg Sexton have joined Alexander Holburn Beaudin & Lang LLP as associates. Harcus, who articled with AlexanderHolburn, was called to the B.C. bar in September 2010. Sexton, who completed his summer articles with the Department of Justice, Public Prosecutions Office and articled with Alexander Holburn, was called to the B.C. bar in September 2010.
Chris Carter has been added to CBC British Columbia’s Vancouver team. He will provide live business and financial reports during CBC Radio One’s morning show, the Early Edition, as well as analysis for CBC News Vancouver. Carter is currently associate director of wealth management and portfolio manager for The Carter Group at ScotiaMcLeod.
Adam Gant has been appointed CEO and Patrick Miniutti president and COO of Charter Real Estate Investment Trust. Gant is founding partner of League Assets Corp. Miniutti is CFO of the same firm.
Michael Petrina has been appointed vice-president of operations for MAG Silver Corp. He was previously vice-president of mining for Hawthorne Gold Corp. and a consultant for Candente Resource Corp., Adriana Resources Ltd., Adanac Molybdenum Corp., Pan American Silver Corp. and Breakwater Resources Ltd.
Victoria Vargas has been appointed vice-president of investor relations and corporate communications for Greystar Resources Ltd. She was previously vice-president of investor relations with Romarco Minerals Inc. and vice-president of investor relations and corporate communications for Iberian Minerals.
Joe Tai has resigned from the board of Portal Resources Ltd. to pursue other personal and business interests.
William Lamb has joined the board of Terraco Gold Corp. Previously with De Beers Canada Inc., he is currently CEO and a director of Lucara Diamond Corp. Terry Lashman has resigned from the board.
Fred Sveinson has resigned as president and CEO of Merit Mining Corp. to pursue other interests. Deli Tian, chair of the company’s board, will temporarily assume the office of CEO.
Randy Moore, vice-president of engineering operations, has left Intrinsyc Software International Inc. as a result of the elimination of his position.